The platform at a glance.
Curriculum status. Recommended next reading. The protocol quick reference. The capital allocation diagram. The pre-cycle checklist. The operator's working surface for the work between trades.
The recommended next reading.
For the operator who has just enrolled. The Foundation arc begins with contract literacy. The reading is sequential. Each section assumes the vocabulary installed in the previous one.
What a futures contract actually is.
The contract as a standardized agreement. Buyer and seller obligations. The exchange, the clearing house, and why futures differ structurally from stocks and options. Approximately eight thousand words. The reading the Academy is built on.
Open Module 01 →All fifteen modules. One library.
The curriculum is sequential. Modules in build are noted. Lifetime access includes every module released after enrollment.
What a futures contract actually is.
Contract specifications and tick economics.
Margin, mark-to-market, daily settlement.
The curve, roll yield, and term structure.
The structural edge and Section 1256.
Outright long, outright short.
Calendar spreads (time spreads).
Intercommodity and intramarket spreads.
Micro versus standard contract selection.
Energy complex. CL, NG, RBOB, HO.
Metals complex. GC, SI, HG, PL.
Equity index complex. ES, NQ, YM, micros.
Finding the setup. Scan, filter, engage, pass.
Order types, stops, roll discipline, drawdown.
The protocol. Risk architecture for operators.
The seven rules that always apply.
The operator's working rules. Read across every cycle. The institutional discipline the Academy installs is a written discipline. These seven are the standing reference.
The seven standing rules.
- Total notional cap. Aggregate position notional does not exceed the written ceiling tied to account equity. The ceiling is a number on a page, not a feel.
- Single-position cap. No single position exceeds the per-position notional ceiling. The largest position is sized to the rule, not to conviction.
- Margin utilization ceiling. Total margin used does not exceed the written percent of account equity. The broker's available buying power is not the limit.
- Correlation limit. Positions in the same complex are aggregated. Two long crude positions are one long energy position for risk purposes.
- Stop is written before entry. The stop level is determined by the chart structure, not by the operator's tolerance for loss. Then the position is sized to the stop.
- Roll is calendared. Every open position has a written roll date. The roll is executed in window. The position is not rolled at expiry under pressure.
- Daily MTM is information. A losing day is not a thesis change. A thesis change is a thesis change. The two are distinguished in writing.
How the account is budgeted.
A reference allocation. The operator's actual allocation is set in the written risk policy and depends on account size, complex coverage, and the operator's working strategies. This is the institutional starting point.
Reference allocation by use of capital
The pre-cycle and post-cycle read.
The work bracketing the trading day. Two short checklists, used as written reference. The operator who runs the check is the operator who survives the session.
The session read.
- Overnight settlement and key levels recorded
- Current open positions and their MTM logged
- Any margin call or maintenance breach flagged
- Today's scheduled economic releases listed
- Term structure scan completed for primary complex
- Roll calendar reviewed; positions in window noted
- One trade thesis written before any order is placed
The cycle closeout.
- Every closed position journaled by the five-dimension rubric
- Daily MTM by position recorded in the position tracker
- Margin utilization at close documented
- Open positions reviewed against the written stops
- Any rule breach noted with a one-line written response
- Tomorrow's scheduled events and rolls confirmed
- Trading window closed; no further analysis until tomorrow
The institutional record.
Progress across the fifteen module examinations and the Capstone Final. Records persist locally on this device.